"It's like... everywhere you go has a little impact on you. I want to have a little impact everywhere I go too." She brushed a few strands of hair from her forehead and straightened up. A green ribbon fluttered where she'd tied it to the bus stop bench. She smiled at it softly, then she... Continue Reading →
Embrace the Sun
Last week was difficult for me. For a while, I would try to start working on something, then feel suddenly sick and stop. I had all of these feeling inhibiting me and nowhere to put them. Until I started writing. (Go figure.) This short fiction is pretty obviously highly allegorical (and also half inspired by... Continue Reading →
“Stand and Fall” Poem
It's the strangest thing to feel your heart stop beating Even just a pause For just a moment Before you tilt forward with your toes gripping the edge But you're already falling Or you've been falling And the passage of time is sluggish and disorienting You don't know when You don't know why And there's... Continue Reading →
“Scream” Poem
The fabric of the world Strains and stretches, Torn apart at the seams. The threads snap... snap... snap, Leaving rents across the sky. And the world screams. Snap. Scream. Snap. Scream. Fire curls around each tear, Carving out the jagged scars, Blazing light through darkness. Flaming bolts strike... strike... strike. The burning and ripping hurts,... Continue Reading →
“More Than a Blank Page” Short Story
I've been sitting in the same corner of the same coffee shop staring at the same page for hours now. I've reached the dregs of my coffee (and swallowed them too for good measure). I've started to massage my neck, praying my back won't kill me later (though I know it will). The page is... Continue Reading →
“And Pass By” Short Story-Ish
I cannot deny that the sight of that battered body tugs on my heartstrings. His flesh is maimed, so it is unidentifiable as flesh. The color has been pounded black and blue and blood flows like tears from still open wounds. What scraps remain of his clothes are so stained by the mud and blood on... Continue Reading →
“A Word Spoken” :: 642 Things to Write About
In an effort to write more frequent blog posts, I drew a prompt from "642 Things to Write About" by the San Francisco Writer's Grotto, which I highly recommend. It quickly became a short poem instead of the longer flash piece I expected. Please enjoy. A word spoken, a secret kept. A match lit, a light... Continue Reading →
“Flowers for the Fallen” Short Story
Though I probably didn't need to get distracted by a writing prompt this weekend, sometimes inspiration can't be discouraged. I opted to go ahead and write a short piece for my friend Ray's picture prompt (found here: First ever Ray-Sponsored Writing Picture Prompt!). Even though it's a couple weeks late. And even though I may not... Continue Reading →
“Tennessee Nathan and the Ghost of Dragon Roost Road” Short Story
A/N: To be honest, this piece was written entirely as a joke. In fact, I had a hard time taking myself seriously with every word I put on the page. My good friend told me a "creepy" story the other night, which instantly provided inspiration for the title. From there, well, the rest is history.... Continue Reading →
“Up in Flames” Short Story
This one, I feel like I genuinely wrote forever ago. I mean, this was from the time before I called myself a writer, so you know it's old. Really, it's not great. It was sometime midway through high school, so forever ago, pulled from my files and cleaned up a bit, but it's essentially the... Continue Reading →
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